Kay Kennedy is passionate about cultivating nurse leaders. She has a DNP in Executive Leadership from MGH Institute for Health Professions and is board certified as an Advanced Nurse Executive and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality. She has held multiple leadership positions, including the position of Chief Nursing Officer and VP of Patient Care Services. Kay has published articles in peer-reviewed journals on Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare and currently teaches at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta where she lives with her husband.